Stefan Gelbhaar

Stefan Gelbhaar
Stefan Gelbhaar
Member of the Bundestag ; for Berlin
	Assuming office; 26 October 2021
Succeeding	Stefan Liebich
Constituency	Berlin-Pankow
	In office; 24 September 2017 – 26 October 2021
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born	9 July 1976 (age 48); Friedrichshain, Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Greens
Children	2
Alma mater	Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation	Lawyer, politician

Stefan Gelbhaar (born 9 July 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin until 2021, when he gained the seat of Berlin-Pankow.^[1]

Early life and career

Born in Friedrichshain, Berlin, Gelbhaar has lived in the Berlin district of Pankow since 1980. He attended the "Neumannschule" (30th POS) and the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium, and later became a student at Humboldt University. He completed his legal clerkship in the state of Brandenburg. Afterwards he worked as a criminal defence lawyer.

Political career

From 2011 until 2017, Gelbhaar served as a member of the State Parliament of Berlin, where he was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on transport.

Gelbhaar has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, representing Berlin-Pankow. In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and also serves as his parliamentary group's spokesman on urban mobility and cycling.^[2]^[3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Gelbhaar co-chairs the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

Deutsche Bahn, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)^[4]

References

^ "Stefan Gelbhaar | Abgeordnetenwatch". abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Markus Balser (10 May 2022), Aufsichtsrat: Hofreiter geht auch bei der Bahn leer aus Süddeutsche Zeitung.